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and snout, white j base of bill, encircled with a broad white line* legs and feet, 

 lead-colour; web, darker. 



Pochard, (Fuligula ferina,) Selhy. — January 19th., 1850; market, common. 



Golden Eye, (Fuligula clangula,) Yar. — Gwyllyn Vase bay, Swanpool: scarce. 

 One shot in the pool, January 29th., 1848, by Mr. Street. 



Smew, (Mergus albellus,) Mord. — Shot in Truro river, January, 1845; a 

 second in the Fisherman's cove, Penryn creek, February 1846; a third speci- 

 men was wounded by some young gunners, Penryn creek, December, 1848. 



Red-hreasted Merganser, (Mergus serrator,) Penn. — One shot at Fisherman's 

 cove, Penryn creek, December, 1846; and in November, 1847, a second specimen 

 was procured; Truro river and its branches: not uncommon. 



Goosander, (Mergus merganser,) Penn. — Several have been shot in the 

 Penryn creek, since 1844. 



Eared Grebe, (Podiceps auritus,) Lath. — Two fine specimens were shot 

 (1847,) by T. Passingham, Esq., near Pennance point, Swanpool; several have 

 been seen this year, (1849,) Gwyllyn Vase and Swanpool. One shot at 

 Swanpool, January 15th., 1851, by Mr. Gill. 



Little Grebe, (Podiceps minor,) Penn. — Swanpool: common. October lOth., 

 1849, I observed ten or twelve young ones, certainly not more than three or 

 four days old, with their parents in the Swanpool; December 1st., same year, 

 between two and three dozen full-grown \h the pool. 



Great Nortliern Diver, (Colymbus glacialis,) Penn. — A splendid male shot 

 in Carrack road, March 1845, by a black cook; January, 1846, one was shot 

 in the same locality; December, 1847, one in Gwyllyn Vase bay; December 

 26th., 1848, two seen in the bay. Mr. Johns states that an old male bird 

 has visited the bay every May month, for the last six or seven years. 



Black-throated Diver, (Colymbus arcticus,) Penn. — Shot in Carrack road, 

 January 1846: very rare. 



Red-throated Diver, (Colymbus septentrionalis,) Penn. — Shot near Pennance, 

 February 2nd., 1845. 



Yoxmg of Red-throated Diver, (Colymbus stellatus,) Gmel. — (Young of the 

 G. Septentrio7ialis,) Gwyllyn Vase bay, Pennance, etc.: not uncommon. Mr. N. 

 Tresidder took from the stomach of one shot near Pennance point, more than 

 twenty of the Ammodytes lancea, from six and a half to eight inches in length. , 



Common Guillemot, (Uria troile,) Penn. — Gwyllyn Vase, Swanpool bay, 

 Pennance, etc.: not uncommon. 



Black Guillemot, (Uria grylle,) Mont. — Gwyllyn Vase bay.: scarce 



Little Aide, (Mergulus alle,) Linn. — Found a dead bird on the sands, 

 Pennance, December 19th., 1846; mutilated remains of one. Bream bay sands, 

 March 7th., 1847. Mr. Devonshire found one on the sands, Gwyllyn Vase: 

 in the possession of Mr. N. Tresidder. 



Razor-hill, (Alca torda,) Mont. — Gwyllyn Vase, Swanpool bay, etc.: not 

 uncommon. Found a recent (dead) specimen on the sands, Gwyllyn Vase, 

 January 3rd., 1849. Mr. May shot a young bird in the same locality. 



